SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 7-14 : VSFB SLC-4E : 15 February 2024 (21:34 UTC)

[Steven Pietrobon]

T+53 minutes and 37 seconds. Expected ignition for one second.

[Steven Pietrobon]

T+1 hour 2 minutes and 31 seconds. Expected separation.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1758260634238816562

Deployment of @Starlink satellites confirmed. Read more epic and everyday ways people are using Starlink → starlink.com/stories

[catdlr]

Another great launch and another great launch coverage by Steven and Future.  At some point maybe SpaceX will get the launches spread out so that both of you are not deluged with work and then days go by waiting.

Best
Tony

[catdlr]

This post contains a short video

https://twitter.com/SLDelta30/status/1758262810734424300

Congratulations to #TeamV and SpaceX on this afternoon's launch! 🎉

Today, Thursday, February 15th at 1:34 p.m. local, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E)

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[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1758287773126279516

Three Falcon 9 launches in ~23 hours, completing our 13th, 14th, and 15th missions of the year

[catdlr]

https://twitter.com/ENNEPS/status/1758333202496630908

34 payloads, 23 Hours, 3 Launches, 1 Rocket!SpaceX celebrated 300 launches of the Falcon 9 Rocket, with a triple header from all three of their pads in less than a day.
Catch all the action 24/7 from the Space Coast on @NASASpaceflight 's Space Coast Live http://nsf.live/spacecoast

[FutureSpaceTourist]

More landing shots

[catdlr]

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1758543607391502594

CelesTrak has ephemeris-based SupGP data for all 22 satellites from the @Starlink
 Group 7-14 launch (2024-031) atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB on Feb 15 at 2134 UTC: https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/02/15/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-vandenberg-space-force-base/. Data for the launch can be found at: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?INTDES=2024-031.

[shiro]

Some reusability stats for this launch (Starlink Group 7-14):

Booster B1082.2 turnaround time:
43 days 17 hours 50 minutes
(its previous mission was Starlink Group 7-9 on Jan 3, 2024 UTC).

FYI: median turnaround time for Falcon 9 / Heavy boosters is currently 50.16 days *
* – based on the last 30 launches, excluding new first stages.

Launchpad SLC-4E turnaround time:
5 days 21 hours 0 minutes
(the previous launch from this pad was Starlink Group 7-13 on Feb 10, 2024 UTC).

...which is the 2nd best SLC-4E turnaround time!
(the record is still 5 days 5 hours and 22 minutes between Starlink Group 7-11 and Starlink Group 7-12 launches in January, 2024).

FYI: median turnaround time for SLC-4E is currently 11.90 days *
* – based on the last 30 launches.

The same type of stats for previous SpaceX launches may be found on this spreadsheet online.

[catdlr]

https://twitter.com/_rykllan/status/1758722740746359043

Recent 9th #Starlink launch of this year via #SpaceX's #Falcon9 vehicle

[realnouns]

Go Beyond returned to PoLB on Feb 17 @ 4:28am PT / 7:28am ET

[realnouns]

Debra C + OCISLY + B1082 returned to PoLB on Feb 17 @ 6:56am PT / 9:56am ET